West Virginia has called for a time-out in its four-year effort to rewrite solar net metering rules to the detriment of both solar hosts and solar installers, thanks to a massive campaign by Solar United Neighbors that mustered over 1,000 public comments.
Grassroots organizations in coal states have been reaching out to people in coal communities — and seeking financial support from local, state, and federal governments — with initiatives to help ease the difficult transition. Piece by piece, they have begun investing in those areas and gradually introducing alternatives.
Solar is about as popular in coal country as offshore oil drilling is in California, but despite a legislature hostile to renewables and fierce pressure from lobbying groups, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed controversial bill House Bill No. 2100. The bill would have required West Virginia’s Public Service … [continued]
